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Legendary Canadian thrash/heavy metal masters Annihilator will release their brand new (and 15th!) studio album, “Suicide Society”, on September 18th, 2015 via UDR Music, worldwide. As usual, guitar wizard Jeff Waters handles all songwriting duties, plays all guitar & bass, engineers, produces, mixes and masters “Suicide Society”… and Waters is …

Tonight was the official launch party of ex St Jude singer, Lynne Jackaman’s new E.P ‘No Halo’, although it is not officially released until the 10th July. As well as performing the whole E.P she also debuted new material and performed with a full band. Despite the nerves being evident, …

HMS Hammer set sail for the 13th Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards from her mooring near Tower Bridge with over 400 lucky ticket winners, guests and Vip’s on board. As we started our nearly three hour journey with a quick blast of the horn, Tower Bridge opened up to allow …

LIVE: UK AND EUROPEAN DATES WITH SEETHER DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL and Y-NOT FESTIVAL SINGLE: ‘NO HOME’: OUT NOW DEBUT ALBUM: SEPTEMBER 2015Praise for debut E.P ‘DAO’ “The London trio lovingly tap the distortion-loving rockers of the 90’s to come out with five pretty damn compelling tracks” – Kerrang! “LTNT are firing …

Norwegian Prog Death Eaters Defect Designer Unleash New Video ‘Crusaders’ and  New Album ‘Ageing Accelerator’ Live Line-up, Left to right: Dmitry Sukhinin (vocals, guitars), Martin Storm-Olsen – Guitars, Clean Vocals, Anders Faret Haave – Drums – Photo by Polina “Helvete” Kulikovskikh Norwegian progressive death metal band Defect Designer have posted their latest video …

Rammstein frontman Till Lindemann is to release ‘Skills In Pills’, the debut album from his self-titled side project, this coming Friday (June 19). It will be available in standard, special, ‘super deluxe‘ and vinyl editions.

After the recent announcement that the all-star Metal Allegiance project will be releasing an album of original material, it has been confirmed that the self-titled album is scheduled to be released worldwide on September 18 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. Brought together by principal partner Mark Menghi, ‘Metal Allegiance’ features appearances by Philip H. Anselmo, Charlie Benante, …

The 180gm vinyl re-issues of Rush‘s back catalogue continues with their 7th studio album, Permanent Waves as part of the ’12 months of Rush’ celebrations via Universal Music. Originally released on January 1st 1980, a lot of fans, myself included must have thought it was April 1st as to the …

I spoke to all four members of Apocalyptica (as well as new vocalist Frankie Perez) about new album Shadowmaker, playing the first ever Download and why you should toe the line as an artist playing Donington… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzwUPNov5os&w=560&h=315]

With Download over for another year, things are just ramping up for Bloodstock, which opens its gates in just seven weekends time!  With the ‘Metal 2 The Masses’ finals well under way and racking up record attendances, including numerous sell-out events, the next batch of winning bands to grab their …

Fresh from their Best New Band win at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards, We Are Harlot played a sold out gig at Glasgow’s Cathouse rock club on Tuesday night. There has been a huge buzz around this band, so I was more than keen to see what all the …

I spoke to the awesome Marc Hudson from Dragonforce at Download Festival this year, trying to uncover secrets about small, Japanese teenagers and why they thought covering Johnny Cash was a good idea… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAeCRk5fRjg&w=560&h=315]

Despite the doors opening an hour later than advertised, when Billy Idol finally hit the stage, all was forgiven, as he played a stunning two hour set. From the punk era of Generation X hits hit “Ready Steady Go” through to his current stuff like “Postcards From The Past” via …

Rise Above Records is to re-issue ‘In Memorium’, the debut album from legendary doom pioneers Cathedral, on July 17. ‘In Memoriam’ was recorded and originally distributed in late 1990, prior to the seminal band writing their debut full length, ‘Forest of Equilibrium’. The original version of the demo was self-released on cassette with photocopied …

I chatted to Simon and Chris from Krokodil at Download this year, finding out how the supergroup came together in the first place and why they don’t like Aqua… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJX-TwO7C8w&w=560&h=315]

I had the pleasure of catching up with Josh and Alan from Sylosis at Download Festival this year. Find out why they love Pantera and why hyperactive drummers aren’t always that great…

I had the pleasure of speaking to the wonderful Jenny Deacon from The Lounge Kittens at Download Festival this year about Stephen Sondheim, Shaggy and glory holes. As you do… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1JxLsEjWLo&w=560&h=315]

After reviewing the new Tremonti album Cauterize last week I was excited to get to the O2 ABC in Glasgow last night to see how the live show compared. The venue was quite full for a Monday night, but the crowd that showed up were nothing if not enthusiastic. From the …

Marilyn Manson Announces UK Tour Dates for November 2015 Fresh from an acclaimed USA tour and show stopping performance at UK’s Download Festival on the 13th June 2015, Marilyn Manson announces a four date UK headline tour for November 2015. Full dates are… Thursday 19th November 2015 London, Eventim Apollo …

Northern Ireland power metallers Stormzone are to release their fifth album, ‘Seven Sins’, via Metal Nations on August 3. Recorded at FireMachine studios and produced by guitarist Steve Moore, ‘Seven Sins’ is a concept album.  Set in the 18th century, the album tells the story of the mysterious Dr Dealer, his travelling …